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THE NHS looks set for another catastrophic winter after it emerged that patients are already being forced to spend up to 18 hours in Lothian emergency departments on trolleys.
Already this month one sick patient at the Western General Hospital was left to languish more than four times longer than they should have had to because of a lack of beds.
The development, on Monday last week, saw the patient wait for 17 hours and 50 minutes and spend the night on a trolley bed at the Western?s acute receiving unit, which does not operate a walk-in service but serves as an emergency department for patients referred by paramedics or GPs.
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/health/oap-waits-18-hours-on-hospital-trolley-1-3198574
Already this month one sick patient at the Western General Hospital was left to languish more than four times longer than they should have had to because of a lack of beds.
The development, on Monday last week, saw the patient wait for 17 hours and 50 minutes and spend the night on a trolley bed at the Western?s acute receiving unit, which does not operate a walk-in service but serves as an emergency department for patients referred by paramedics or GPs.
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/health/oap-waits-18-hours-on-hospital-trolley-1-3198574